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Subject:	Re: Need Help with Set Source Identification for Particular Piece
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:28:52 GMT
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Greg Perry wrote: > > In lugnet.general, Timothy Carl Buchheim writes: > > There are a pair of barrels in the new light blue color (not Maersk blue) in > > the Racers set 4579 Ice Ramp Racers. > > Thanks Tim! That's one of those sets that I've seen on the shelf, and even > picked up to glance at, but I never noticed the barrels. I even think this > one might have been in the Wal-Mart clearance aisle the last time I was > there. Guess it's time to head back again. > > I'm really curious now about the actual color of these pieces since you > refer to them as light blue. Shops on BrickLink have had them listed as > medium blue. Regardless, I'm hoping that they match up with the blue that > is used for the Scala/Belville drinking utensils (bottle, milk carton, cup). > My idea for using these parts is to build a winery and I want to use > matching barrels and bottles. Of course, I'll make do with brown barrels if > I have to... They are a lighter blue than the Scala accessories. Scala colors are all off, and almost never seen in system sets (I haven't looked at colors in 4721, 4722, and 4723 to see if any of the oranges match Scala colors). They are the same light blue as in the Mars sets. I think this shade of blue is very close to Maersk blue, but not quite the same (I don't have any Maersk blue to compare). Frank

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		Shades of Blue & Orange (was Re: Need Help with Set Source Identification for Particular Piece)
(...) For once, my memory didn't fail me and when I returned to my favorite Wal-Mart haunt last night I did find a couple of copies of 4579 in the clearance aisle for half-price (it took a lot of shifting and digging but I finally found them!). So (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Need Help with Set Source Identification for Particular Piece
(...) I happened to have a 4721 and a 3115 both sitting here, so I did some comparisons. The scala 3115 has two oranges: a lighter orange (used on the round table top halves p/n 33088) and a medium orange (used in the big cabinet pieces p/n 6874). (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Need Help with Set Source Identification for Particular Piece
(...) Other sets in which this color shows up: Bionicle Gali Bionicle Nui Jaga Throwbot Ski Throwbot Scuba LOM sets that feature the astronauts-not the Martian sets, as that is the color called Sand Blue. -Dave (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Need Help with Set Source Identification for Particular Piece
(...) Thanks Tim! That's one of those sets that I've seen on the shelf, and even picked up to glance at, but I never noticed the barrels. I even think this one might have been in the Wal-Mart clearance aisle the last time I was there. Guess it's (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)

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